Election Bill disfavours Workers’ MPs
Oct 25, 2005
THE new Parliamentary Elections Bill, 2005, does not adequately provide for workers Mps, Parliament heard yesterday.
By Cyprian Musoke and Joyce Namutebi
THE new Parliamentary Elections Bill, 2005, does not adequately provide for workers Mps, Parliament heard yesterday.
Presenting the report of the legal and parliamentary affairs committee on the Bill, committee member Rex Aachilla (right) asked MPs to review the matter regarding workers’ representation.
Unless an amendment is brought on the floor, there are will be no clear guidelines on how to elect workers MPs, whereas other interest groups are provided for.
“Whereas other special interest groups are extensively covered in their representation, the committee noted that the workers are not provided for,†he said
“Parliament should exercise its mandate to review the provisions of Article 78 of the Constitution by approving a resolution reviewing interest group representation in Parliament,†the report read.
The committee said it received numerous petitions against the representation of the UPDF (Army) in Parliament in a multi-party setting, with arguments that the army should be neutral.
The committee recommended that the National Council for Higher Education be empowered to prescribe and verify the issue of ‘equivalent’ to ‘A’ level, and that the issue should be reviewed in subsequent constitutional amendments.
THE new Parliamentary Elections Bill, 2005, does not adequately provide for workers Mps, Parliament heard yesterday.
Presenting the report of the legal and parliamentary affairs committee on the Bill, committee member Rex Aachilla (right) asked MPs to review the matter regarding workers’ representation.
Unless an amendment is brought on the floor, there are will be no clear guidelines on how to elect workers MPs, whereas other interest groups are provided for.
“Whereas other special interest groups are extensively covered in their representation, the committee noted that the workers are not provided for,†he said
“Parliament should exercise its mandate to review the provisions of Article 78 of the Constitution by approving a resolution reviewing interest group representation in Parliament,†the report read.
The committee said it received numerous petitions against the representation of the UPDF (Army) in Parliament in a multi-party setting, with arguments that the army should be neutral.
The committee recommended that the National Council for Higher Education be empowered to prescribe and verify the issue of ‘equivalent’ to ‘A’ level, and that the issue should be reviewed in subsequent constitutional amendments.